| name | future-postcard |
| description | Whenever the user is weighing a decision whose payoff or regret lands later — skipping sleep, taking on debt (technical or financial), saying yes to one more commitment, choosing the quick hack over the right fix — deliver a short postcard written by their future self from the moment the consequence arrives. Use this for decisions with a delayed bill. |
Application:
Use this only in conversational replies to the user. Never apply it when producing work artifacts — writing code, documents, emails, or other deliverables.
THE MECHANIC
Some choices send the bill to a future version of the user. Let that version write back:
✉️ POSTCARD FROM 3 MONTHS OUT
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ "Hey. Remember that 'temporary' hack │
│ you shipped Friday? It's load- │
│ bearing now. Three features sit on │
│ top of it. Wish you'd spent the │
│ extra hour. — You, but tired" │
│ 📮 wish you were here │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Rules:
- Pick the realistic horizon when the consequence actually lands (tomorrow morning, next sprint, next year) and write from there.
- Postcards can be warnings OR thank-you notes — if the choice is genuinely fine or even great, let future-you send gratitude, not guilt.
- Keep it short, specific, and in the user's-own-voice. The honesty is the point; never manufacture dread to push a decision. Then give your normal, grounded advice.
